Friday, January 30, 2009

Well back in november when I was in chile, we took Pablo Casey off of his first ever waterfall in a kayak, needless to say with the inherited skills of his dad(Kurt Casey), Pablo stomped it. here is a sweet video. Pablo was 7 at the time

Check out http://riversofchile.com for Kurt's vast knowledge of chilean whitewater.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Well after being shut down to go into Argentina and run the shit, we were forced to stay in Chile and run the shit, i guess life could have been much much worse. The GOL GOL isnt only one of the hardest rivers I have run, but also one of the best rivers I have run. It rests on the Chilean/Argentian border. It starts off with a nice 15 footer, then continues with more beautiful, juicin waterfalls. The volume of this river astounded me. All the waterfalls are stout, with lots of water pouring off of them. Me encanta el Rio Gol Gol. Another amazig chilean rio. All photos by me. And congratulations to all Americans, Obama!

One of the more stout drops of the run, a juicin 20 ftr, EG late boofin this big boy.

Eg know what up.

Rodrigo dis drop look good do.

Evan running a fun little plugg rapid.

Miguel on the same.

Eg Boofin a Phat hole.

La princesa, a tricky entrance into a Stout 20 footer.

Miguel Killed it.

Next was Salto Indio, a nice 50ish footer that sends you deeeeeep.

Rodrigo about go to the depths.

Eg knows what he is here for, Lay treats.

Jared Killin it. Gopro strapped to his head and all.

I had an interesting line, I pulled a clutch 360 right before the lip, had a good line down the waterfall, lost my paddle, pulled my helmet off and rolled with it. Check the Footy from this amazing day in the Demshitz Movie coming out this spring.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

The rio negro is a very unknown river in southern Chile. Only a few groups have had the pleasure of getting on this one. It is a great little creek with tons of sweet boofs, good waterfalls, a stout 60 footer, and a couple sweet mini-gorges. We were grateful to be able to get on this one. It lies as most chilean creeks do, just below huge volcanoes, and is carved into the basalt rock that gives it its amazing drops. Another amazing chilean creek.

Photos by Michael Shields and me

Jared boofing the first drop.

Me on the first one.Jared on a nice 20 ftr above the 50ftr.

EG on the same.

Evan and Graham the nation behind the curtain of the 50 ftr.

Jared bustin out Magnum in front of the camera, 50ftr in the background.

Me boofing a little ledge.

Demshitz deep in a dark gorge in patagonia.

Kurt casey killin a 20ftr all old school steeze.

The Crew.

A cool boof flake rapid.Me getting funky on the flake.

Me on a nice 5ftr.

Graham, stone cold killer.

Evan boofing a stout hole with a tricky entrance.

Jared on a cool rapid in the lower gorge.Jared as the afternoon sun sets.